Friday, July 10, 2009

Space Once Occupied By Shakespeare's Sister Sees Some Action

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By far, one of the loveliest storefronts on Court Street in the Cobble Hill area is #270, the space once occupied by Shakespeare's Sister. For more than 14 years, the gift store/ café was one of my favorites in the neighborhood. It offered quite unique jewelery, paper goods and cool beauty products. It also featured the work of many local artists.

Way before Starbucks invaded the neighborhood, Shakespeare's Sister was the place to go after a film at the Cobble Hill Cinema, since it was just across the street. Back then, nothing else was open after 11 pm.
When the store closed in June 2008, the owners of Shakespeare's Sister hung the sign in their window:

The storefront sat empty ever since, but just in the last few weeks, there has been some action.
The entire store has been gutted, revealing a huge, sunny space. What exactly will take Shakespeare's place is not yet know.
I only hope that the new place will be as respectful to the neighborhood as Shakespeare's Sister was.

Related reading:
A Farewell Message From Shakespeare's Sister On Court: Buy Locally

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

i remember 12 year olds use to sit in the back room wit their boyfriends and girlfriends and makeout it was their idea of a "lounge"

Anonymous said...

I have heard that it is going to be an "american bistro" with a lots of beers on tap

Kelly said...

Oh, no! Not another bar....
We are already over-run by them.

Anonymous said...

I heard it is going to be an American style gastro pub with the same owners as Boca Lupa/Nectar. Opening in the Fall
-Elizabeth

BestViewInBrooklyn said...

I'm still so sad about SS leaving.

At least it's certainly not going to be another "grocery" that only sells formula and diapers. That's the majority of what we get new around here lately.